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News article from Cumberland Daily News, 1936-03-24

WEST VIRGINIANS WARNED AS FLOODS RECEDE

Vaccine and Serums Sent into Affected Areas of State

Receding flood waters throughout the Mountain State brought a warning for the health department today that the coming period provided the greatest menace to health.

The department, reporting no epidemics, assigned a dozen field men to checking water supplies in the affected areas, directed additional precautions and rushed new supplies of vaccine and antityphoid serum to the eastern and northern panhandles.